Display stand



M. S. YOUNG DISPLAY STAND July 24, 1934.

Filed Nov. 22, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR MARY/IV 5. You/v6 DISPLAYSTAND Filed Nov. 22. 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 PAL 0 iil ii 2 INVENTORMARVIN 8. You/v6 Patented July 24, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEDISPLAY STAND Application November 22, 1930, Serial No. 497,367

4 Claims.

This invention relates to a stand adapted to support and display a setof receptacles, such as the bottles from which lubricating oil iscommonly dispensed for use in automobile engines.

One object of the invention is to produce a stand in which the bottlesare held in a tray, provided with suitable spacing means, and the trayis normally supported at the top of a box-like body, but in which thetray and bottles may originally be housed entirely within the body forsafety and compactness in storage and shipment. Another object of theinvention is to provide for a mini mum bulk in the outfit, consistentwith convenient use, by provision for the use of bottles of a particularform.

To the foregoing ends the invention consists in the display standhereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, asit is defined in the annexed claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an end elevation of' a display stand embodying the presentinvention, with the body shown in section andvthe tray in its lowerposition.

Figure 2 is a vertical section substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 4with the tray in its upper or display position.

Figure 3 is a side elevation with parts broken away to show the internalconstruction; and

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the display stand.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention comprises a box-like bodywhich is rectangular in shape. The body is made of sheet metal,stillened by corrugations 14, and has supporting feet 12 at the corners.The body is also provided with an inwardly extending projection 16 alongthe top edge thereof which acts as a stop, as will be hereinafter seen.

Within the body is mounted a tray 18 which is formed of a pair of spacedplates 18a and 18b connected by stay plates 32. The upper plate 18a isprovided with a handle 20 and with a plurality of diamond shapedopenings 22 in which may be placed a plurality of diamond shaped bottles24 for lubricating oil.

The bottles are shown, in dotted lines, as provided with pouring spouts26 and caps 28. As will be noted in Figure l, the tray in shippingposition is adapted to rest on supports 30 which are narrow strips ofmetal, welded or otherwise permanently secured to the inside of the sidewalls of the container. These supports are engaged by the outwardlyprojecting lower edges of the side plates 32 of the tray, and in thispo- 55 sition of the parts the tray and its handle, and

the bottles and their attachments are entirely within the body, so thatthe outfit may be packed conveniently in an ordinary carton.

Upon receipt by the dealer of the outfit, the handle 20 is grasped andthe tray 18 is raised to the position shown in Figure 2, and in thisposition the projecting edges 32a of the side plates 18 contact with theupper supports 36 which are similar to the lower supports 30 andsimilarly extend'along the sides of the container. In this po 6 sitionthe tray 18 extends above the top of the body and holds the bottles 24in open view and so that they may be readily removed and replaced asdesired.

The side plates 32a on the tray 18 are adapted to hold the tray lockedin the upper position and normally the tray cannot be dislodged orremoved from the upper position. It is unnecessary to lower the trayafter having once been moved into position inasmuch as in normal use itis 6'5 always desirable to have the bottles in clear view of theconsumer.

The tray is usually provided with eight individual openings 22 adaptedto hold eight onequart diamond shaped bottles, and the tray is providedwith diamond shaped openings located with their flat sides parallel andwith suflicient spacing to permit each bottle to be grasped as indicatedby the hand 50 in Figure 4, so that the oil will be poured from theacute angled edge of the bottles. It will be evident that withdiamond-shaped bottles this spacing may be provided with less length inthe tray than if round bottles of the same cross-sectional area wereused, so that for bottles of a given height and capacity the bulk of theoutfit is reduced.

The lower plate 18b of the tray is provided with embossed supports 40 tohold the bottles clear of any oil which may have drained into the tray.

The inturned flanges 16 at the top of the body 96 act as stops toprevent complete removal of the tray and to permit the entire outfit tobe carried by the handle 20.

I claim:

1. In a display stand, the combination of a tray provided with anupwardly projecting handle by which it may be raised and with laterallyprojecting resilient supporting members, and a boxlike body, of greaterheight than the tray and its handle, in which the tray fits and isvertically movable, the body being provided, at its inner surface, withmeans for preventing complete withdrawal of the tray and meanscooperating with said supporting members to lock the tray in elevatedposition adjacent the top of the body.

2. In a display stand, the combination of a tray provided with anupwardly projecting handle, a box-like body open at the top and of agreater height than the tray and its handle, the body being provided, onthe inner surfaces of its walls, with supporting strips near the bottomof said walls and near the top of said walls, and means for engagingeither of said strips and supporting the tray either near the bottom ofthe body and with thetray and its contents housed therein, or at the topof the body and with its contents displayed.

3. In a display stand, the combination of a relatively deep box-likebody with parallel side walls, a relatively shallow tray fitting andvertically movable in the body, the tray having means for spacing rows01' diamond-shaped bottles with their flat sides parallel and with adefinite clearance between said sides sumcient to permit each bottle tobe grasped by said walls, and means for permanently retaining the trayin raised position at the top of the body.

4. In a display stand, the combination, with a relatively deep box-likebody, of relatively shallow tray, vertically movable within the body,the tray comprising a lower imperforate plate, an upper plate with amarginal downwardly extending flange and with openings for the receptionof bottles, and side-plates connecting said upper and lower plates andprojecting laterally at their lower edges, the body being provided, nearthe top, with means for engaging said edges to retain the tray in raisedposition within the body.

MARVIN 8. YOUNG.

